Author: Luis Blanquez Summer is over and everyone is back at the office. If you’ve been enjoying some days off, you’ve probably missed what happened recently in the algorithmic-pricing space in the US. And, as always, we had a very busy summer here. First, there is a new case from…
Author: Ruth Glaeser The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an injunction that would have allowed University of Wisconsin–Madison football player Nyzier Fourqurean to play a fifth season, ruling that his antitrust allegations failed to clearly define the relevant market. Background from the Seventh Circuit’s Opinion UW-Madison footballer Nyzier Fourqurean…
Author: Steven Cernak This blog has discussed dynamic competition several times recently, such as here and here. Very roughly, the idea is that innovation is the big driver of wealth creation and happens in a longer, more complex way than captured by neo-classical economics and some antitrust precedent. As previewed…
Author: Steven Cernak On July 11, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division filed a Statement of Interest in a private lawsuit alleging anticompetitive collusion among defendants like The Washington Post and with non-defendants like X to suppress certain views on COVID and U.S. politics. DOJ’s move generated unpleasant surprise among…
Authors: Jack Prindle and Steve Cernak Note: Jack Prindle is a student at the University of Virginia School of Law joining Bona Law for the summer. The DOJ’s Antitrust Division would like to remind everyone that it will not be going anywhere. Despite expectations in some quarters of laxness surrounding…
Author: Steven Cernak Last week, the FTC voluntarily dismissed its Robinson-Patman Act case against Pepsi that it filed in January. The dismissal and the Commissioner statements accompanying it hinted that the FTC’s determination to revive Robinson-Patman will not be as strong in the Trump Administration. Short and Recent History of…
Authors: Ruth Glaeser and Steven Cernak In her first major speech since taking the helm of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater spotlighted a growing concern: the power imbalance in America’s labor markets. Speaking in late April, Slater emphasized that antitrust laws are not solely designed…
Author: Steven Cernak Late last month, Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater gave her first major policy address, entitled “The Conservative Roots of America First Antitrust Enforcement.” The thoughtful speech describes an antitrust perspective different from those of any recent Administrations, though consistent with other Trump Administration policies.…
Author: Nicolas Petit This is a guest post from noted antitrust and competition law scholar Nicolas Petit. Petit is a Professor of Competition Law in the Department of Law at the European University Institute. He is also the co-founder of the Dynamic Competition Initiative with the University of California –…
Author: Steven Cernak Years ago when I was working in-house at General Motors, one of my bosses asked just what it was that I did at all those ABA Antitrust Section meetings I attended: “Seems like you just go to nice places and think big thoughts.” He did not mean…